Brassicaceae

Lepidium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 643 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central European Russia, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Amur, Ascension, Bermuda, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chita, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Desventurados Is., Easter Is., French Guiana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kerguelen, Magadan, Mali, Marcus I., Marianas, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Selvagens, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Vanuatu, Western Sahara

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Al-Shehbaz, I.A. (2010). A synopsis of the South American Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Darwiniana 48: 141-167.
  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J. & Lampinen, R. (eds.) (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 11: 1-310.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 68.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 291 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 643 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 291 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 644 (1753)
  • Thell., Die Gattung Lepidium (1906)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 26, 2019 Schrenk [s.n.] K001392051 Type Yes
Apr 26, 2019 Schrenk [s.n.] K001392052 Type Yes
May 23, 2011 Fischer, W. [37] Argentina K000739928 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Wood, J.R.I. [10711] Bolivia K000731634 No
Jul 1, 1843 Schimper [741] Ethiopia K000230532 Isotype Yes
Atha, D.E.; Stevens, H.; Khutsishvili, M.; Eristoff, M. [2625] Georgia K001589488 Yes
Heller, A.A.; Brown, H.E. [5429] United States K000642822 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fay, M.F. [MFF235] United Kingdom K000696445 No
Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000471952 Unknown Type Material Yes
Darwin [34.bis] Chile K000471949 Type Yes
Bunge, A. [131] K001392070 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, C.A. [s.n.] Australia K000642768 Type Yes
Wolley, A.H. [4048] South Africa K001625781 Yes
Stordy, R. J. [8] Peru K001625814 Yes
Kirk, T. [844] New Zealand K001625730 Yes
Burchell [137] South Africa K000230525 Type No
Douglas [s.n.] United States K000642823 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balls, N.; Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [ B4820] Mexico K001093960 Yes
Apr 26, 2019 Regel, A. [s.n.] Tajikistan Winklera K001291608 Syntype Yes
Apr 26, 2019 Regel, A. [s.n.] Tajikistan Winklera K001291609 Type Yes
Apr 26, 2019 Regel, A. [s.n.] Tajikistan Winklera K001291611 Type Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Winklera K000642828 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Winklera K000642829 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Winklera K000642830 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 26, 2019 Schrenk, A.G., von [s.n.] Stubendorffia K001291635 Isolectotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0